Comments on: Who owns you online?

By: dolores

dolores — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:35:12 +0000

Nice article, thank you. I knew about FB dodgy practices and also about the more recent u-turn (good as long as it lasts…). But what about Flick’r? Do you know what the score is on that one? I’d like to upload some of my graphics there but I can make much sense of their T&Cs. Ta.

By: Matt Hill

Matt Hill — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:21:26 +0000

That’s really cool. Will’s hit the big time! “Net Guru” :-)

Without wanting to sound like some fawning sycophant, Will, you were really good, made some good points and finished up well too. Impressed at your non-fazed-at-being-in-a-big-studio-ingness… I’d have just gone “Er… wibble?”

Did you discuss much more outside of this clip, or was that pretty much it?

By: Barry

Barry — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:43:33 +0000

View the clip on the BBC website: “Net guru on Facebook data policy”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7897824.stm

Well done, Will! Who’s the Daddy?!

By: Jenni

Jenni — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:15:38 +0000

Tune in to BBC News at 1pm today – Mr McInnes will be making a cheeky appearance to have his say about Facebook’s actions – and re-action.

By: Max

Max — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:11:30 +0000

Interesting to see that, according to CNN, Facebook have already done a u-turn on this (http://tinyurl.com/c4wlcr).

It seems this is a direct result of how unhappy its members were and the backlash from sites like the consumerist.

On the one hand this is a great example: they listened to the people who really mattered, they responded and, when justification wasn’t enough, they took action.

However, it’s not the first time FB have rolled something out, only to make concessions or repeal it after a user revolt. Given their experience and position, you’d expect they’d be able to spot potentially contentious or damaging issues before turning them out.

By: Barry

Barry — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:58:58 +0000

While I doubt this will hurt the average user that posts a few photos of their holidays or pet cat, this should be particularly worrying for the many artists, musicians, writers and other creative types who use Facebook to promote their work.

If you had the option of revoking Facebook’s usage rights by removing work or even removing yourself from Facebook, all would be fine (if a little inconvenient).

But if you are granting Facebook an unlimited and permanent license to reuse your work, it could create problems if you want to use or sell that work commercially later on.

By: VictoriaJane

VictoriaJane — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:48:07 +0000

Really interesting post. Some cross over with the BBC radio 4 programme Moral Maze last week considering privacy, in a governemnt context tho – they had someone from Google as an expert witness. There are a few interesting comments on their related message board http://tinyurl.com/b7nsjk.
It will boil down to trust – as all relationships do – the first time Facebook abuses this position people will either leave it – or edit out what they put on it – and then it will become pointless and powerless anyway.